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authorSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2023-07-21 09:40:37 (GMT)
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gh-106909: Use role :const: for referencing module constants (GH-106910)
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@@ -1280,13 +1280,13 @@ This function should be used instead of :func:`os.close` for better
compatibility across platforms.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`32454`.)
-The :mod:`socket` module now exposes the :data:`socket.TCP_CONGESTION`
-(Linux 2.6.13), :data:`socket.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT` (Linux 2.6.37), and
-:data:`socket.TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT` (Linux 3.12) constants.
+The :mod:`socket` module now exposes the :const:`socket.TCP_CONGESTION`
+(Linux 2.6.13), :const:`socket.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT` (Linux 2.6.37), and
+:const:`socket.TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT` (Linux 3.12) constants.
(Contributed by Omar Sandoval in :issue:`26273` and
Nathaniel J. Smith in :issue:`29728`.)
-Support for :data:`socket.AF_VSOCK` sockets has been added to allow
+Support for :const:`socket.AF_VSOCK` sockets has been added to allow
communication between virtual machines and their hosts.
(Contributed by Cathy Avery in :issue:`27584`.)
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ subprocess
The :func:`subprocess.run` function accepts the new *capture_output*
keyword argument. When true, stdout and stderr will be captured.
-This is equivalent to passing :data:`subprocess.PIPE` as *stdout* and
+This is equivalent to passing :const:`subprocess.PIPE` as *stdout* and
*stderr* arguments.
(Contributed by Bo Bayles in :issue:`32102`.)
@@ -1453,12 +1453,12 @@ time
New clock identifiers have been added:
-* :data:`time.CLOCK_BOOTTIME` (Linux): Identical to
- :data:`time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC`, except it also includes any time that the
+* :const:`time.CLOCK_BOOTTIME` (Linux): Identical to
+ :const:`time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC`, except it also includes any time that the
system is suspended.
-* :data:`time.CLOCK_PROF` (FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD): High-resolution
+* :const:`time.CLOCK_PROF` (FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD): High-resolution
per-process CPU timer.
-* :data:`time.CLOCK_UPTIME` (FreeBSD, OpenBSD): Time whose absolute value is
+* :const:`time.CLOCK_UPTIME` (FreeBSD, OpenBSD): Time whose absolute value is
the time the system has been running and not suspended, providing accurate
uptime measurement.